profess

v.声称； 冒称； 以 ... 为业； 正式接受入教； 表明信仰 副词：professedly过去式：professed过去分词：professed现在分词：professing第三人称单数：professes

profess双解释义

profess

v.(动词)

vt. 声称; 公开表明 claim sth, often falsely; state openly

Verb

practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about;

"She professes organic chemistry"

confess one's faith in, or allegiance to;

"The terrorists professed allegiance to their country"
"he professes to be a Communist"

admit (to a wrongdoing);

"She confessed that she had taken the money"

state freely;

"The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"

receive into a religious order or congregation

take vows, as in religious order;

"she professed herself as a nun"

state insincerely;

"He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"
"She pretended not to have known the *** bomber"
"She pretends to be an expert on wine"

profess词语用法

profess例句

profess搭配

v.(动词)profess的基本意思是“声称”,指在有反对意见的情况下明确陈述,本词的特征在于是区别于官方声明(ｄｅｃｌａｒｅ)的个人陈述。profess有时含有所谓的或不真实的意味。profess是及物动词,可接抽象名词、动词不定式、that从句作宾语,还可接以to be+ n./adj./v -ed充当补足语的复合宾语。可用于被动结构。 用作动词(v.)

They have become what they profess to scorn.
他们成了自己曾声称看不起的那种人。

Those who today pretend to be Christ's followers hypocritically profess to carry out those teachings now.
今天那些冒牌的基督教徒假惺惺地声称他们现在要实行这些教导。

～+名词

profess one's faith
表明宗教信仰

profess a gaiety
显示出快乐

profess Islam
表白信仰伊斯兰教

profess modern languages
打算教授现代语

profess total ignorance
自称一无所知

～+副词

profess boldly
冒失地声称

profess gaily
愉快地显示

profess shamelessly
***地自称

profess vainly
含糊地表白

profess近义词

confess claim maintain allege contend admit own own up acknowledge agree allow recognize air testify say pretend concede suppress